Today I’m working on my Your Daily Tripod column for next week. Tony De Cristofaro owns the blog, and he writes four days a week. The other three, his lovely wife, Beth; Father Joe McCloskey; and I take a turn. The blog grew out of Tony’s involvement in the Cursillo movement, which encourages all to… Continue reading Feeding the Bones
Author: Melanie
Melanie Rigney is the author of Radical Saints: 21 Women for the 21st Century and other Catholic books. She is a contributor to Living Faith and other Catholic blogs. She lives in Arlington, Virginia. Melanie also owns Editor for You, a publishing consultancy that since 2003 has helped hundreds of writers, publishers, and agents.
Time of Singing, Time of Inspiration
The latest edition of Time of Singing, the quarterly Christian poetry magazine, arrived this weekend. Poetry’s not my thing, other than the poetry I find in lyrics written by the likes of Waylon Jennings, Jimmy Webb, and Kris Kristofferson. And yet, I always savor the new issue of TOS, and the thoughtful work found within.… Continue reading Time of Singing, Time of Inspiration
Peter, Joan, and Learning to Let Go
For the past 18 months or so, Peter and Joan Gregory have lived with me. They ride the Metro with me in the morning. They talk to me when I’m in meetings for my day job. They’ve talked to me enough in the middle of the night that I keep a pad by my bed.